Rev. Lemuel Haynes (1753-1833): Pastor and Patriot

Rev. Lemuel Haynes (1753-1833): Pastor and Patriot

Lemuel Haynes grew up in Granville as an indentured servant in the home of Deacon David Rose and became a prominent preacher in the Congregational Church, having been mentored by Deacon Rose and Dr. Timothy Mather Cooley.

Rev. Lemuel Haynes was the earliest recorded black Congregationalist pastor in America (Granville Second Church) and a patriot who fought with other Minutemen from Granville during the Revolutionary War.

Please see links below for additional information, including the Lemuel Haynes letters from the Granville Library Historical Room, currently on loan to the American Congregational Association in Boston.

LINKS TO FURTHER INFORMATION:

Theoria to practica and Congregational Independency: From John Singleton Copley's portraiture of ‘Liberty,’ Rev. Jonathan Mayhew identified, to Rev. Lemuel Haynes's Liberty Further Extended, c. 1776

Lemuel Haynes Letters from Granville Library Historical Room

Bennington Museum, Lemuel Haynes Collection

Wikipedia Page for Lemuel Haynes

Sketches of the Life and Character of the Rev. Lemuel Haynes by Rev. Timothy Mather Cooley